Guild Wars 2

Has anyone tried leveling a character only with MF gear? I know that for lower level the MF stats are pretty low but Im considering trying it to see if there is even a slight change in the amount of drops for making extra cash while leveling. I have a level 30 mesmer for what it’s worth that Im thinking of using the gear on. Maybe with MF food as well there would be a difference?

MF does effect your loot at low levels but the effect is much weaker obviously.

In fact magic finds effect is hardly visible to usual players. It increases the quality of your loot but honestly. A slightly rare blue item is still a blue item. A rare trophy is still crap.

If it’s your first char, I’d recommend against it. Vit or tough is most ideal for leveling as it allows you to do hearts with a much higher level than yours better than most other prefixes (which is why tough/vit stuff is much more expensive than power/prec stuff). If it’s an alt, I’d say go for it. Certainly cheaper gear :p HOwever, don’t expect the loot drop to be that much better. For it to be even marginably noticeable, you’ll need to be in full MF gear amounting to a grand total of… (18% from armor + 60% from runes + 36% from trinkets + 3% from weapon + 15% from superior sigil of luck + 30% from omnomberry bar) +162% MF. I might be wrong on some numbers.

No its my 6th character. I dont even think its possible to reach 162% at level 30 and I for sure cant use omnomberry bars yet. Runes dont give much at that level either. The blues dont ever sell for much but i guess I was wondering (hoping) if I would see more fine crafting mats to sell since they can pull in a decent amount of money while leveling.

I leveled my Guardian with magic find armor – I really didn’t notice a difference. (Then again, it would be very hard to prove it since you’d have to level 2 characters in the same way except for the gear.) I always use magic find food while leveling (the level-appropriate +power, +MF), although that’s mainly for the XP bonus.

This is especially true for having a level 80 already: Spec your character to level faster (either higher attack or defense if you die alot). Use the saved time by being able to complete lowbie stuff faster to sit a level 80 at a world event and sell off the rare you get.